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VOL. IV.
H.UJS11UKY, N.C. TUKSDAY, MAHCII 0, 1621.
NO. IOC.
WESTERN
CAROM
via
ntPHlLO WIUTK,
,s M tj Ik IWrf XluJn.
uarabU la advanc.
AdttrUmn will be nfi4 at fifty CttiU
pr amura fur tka Ant IwrHon, wl ltrrity-fjM
jrnt river lSfAtioi'i whole extent.
In c nterinjr, tho inlet. nd Milting up
iiiam. ttMi small forte i the tf-ct
diairou,ii.c it never failed o
many tnttancei, It will V iT .tt If not
irt,pon.ie, f or bip id p ih ef
cUUf if wl.tr Pfennig, r- p'ticu
r..-i of tcrn hitterle,' rmed
to, m ii.uf .4. i., k yjrt hAwem
All Icier .ldreei t ili Editor, mutt be
fttl-pmid, or they will not b attended to.
"tiikxavy. T
utiiini raw Ta riniBirr.
TV fif Ihutrof fitirftrntativei
tflhf Umtid State t
In compliance with resolution of the
Hon' of Rpreenttlvf, of the Uih o
December lat. requeuing the Pretldent
of the United State M to communicate
p!an for the Peate Kitahlithnient of the
Navy of the United State 1 herewith
transmit t report from the Secretary of
the Navy, which contatm the plan re
quired.
In prrtentine thi plan to the eonaide
ration of ( ongre, J anil myself of the
oration to miko some remark on it,
which the importance of the ubject re
quire, and experience justifies.
If a system of unifnl iid permanent
p.f cordd j r(i' -lithe J. or If, in war,
the be brgrrent pirtie would respect the
rlghft of neutral power, we should have
no occasion fur navy or an armjr. The
exense and danjer of such eslablish-
mrni might lie avoided. 1 he history of
all age prove ihJt il.tt cannot le pre
turned ; on the contrary, that at leaat one
half of every century, in ancient a well
a mob rn timet, h.it tec ! tontumed in
wart, mid often of the niot general and
desoh'ing character. Nor i there any
cause to infer, if we examine f ie londi
lion of the nation wi'h which we have
the most intercourse and fioneM politi
rlral relations, that we shall, in future, be
txnnpt from that calairitv, within nv
Jperiod, to which a ration.! calculation
av be extended. And, at to the rights
hf neutral power, it it sufficient to appeal
to oor own experience to drmonatrate
how Mtile regard will be paid to them,
whenever they come in ronfliit with the
interest of the powers at war, while we
rdy on the jtittiee of the cauc and on ar
fuoient alone. The amount of the pro
perty of our fellow citizen, which wa
seized and confiscated, or destroyed, bv
the belligerent parties, in the war of the
French revolution, of thoe which follow
ed, before we became a pjrty to the war
li lmo( inralciiUble.
I he whole niovemrnt of ntir rotern
mrnt. from the establishment of our indc
prndenre. has been guided by a acred
rriranl for peare. Stttiute l as we are, in
J the raw I cmi phere; di'ant fmrn Ku
roj)e, and uncnnncctrtl rh it r flairs
blced with the h;ipnii:st fivemmeni on
earth, and having no object of ambition to
niMhr; the Lulled Stjir Iihvc stcudity
cul'.iva'.rd the relation ofitniitv witb eve
rv poncr. And if. in any Kurcpran wars
a rcpert for our tih'.t ti t i t 1. 1 be relied
on, it wat undoubtedly in tli'e to which
I have suKcitcd. Hie cot. flirt hcint; vi
tjl. the fotre bt in;j ne.it lv Kjiially b..'an
ced and the result utirrrlxiti, each p tit w
h.id t!ie H!rontt motives of interctt to
cultivate our cod will, lest c miht be
tbmwa- into .Uie...op'posilec.ale. Power
fill a i hit consideration usiu.llv is. it wns
neverthf lest utterly disregarded, in every
stiiuc of, and by every par'.y to, tboc
Tfars. I o these encroachment and mju
rie, our regard to peace was fiiully lor
ccd to tield. -
In the war to which at length we be
came a pnrty our whole coast, from St.
( rots to the Mississippi, was cither in
vaded or menaced with invasion ; and in
many ;jrtJJ!'ihjB?.,,,wg imposing forte,
horn land and naval. In tbov prts where
the population . was mosLdcEse, the pre
; sureaa xomparivdy Jk
i wa scarcely mi harbor or V it v, on any 'of
i our great inlets, which could be conside
red secure. New York and Philadelphia
iwere imminently exposed, the then exis
; trrrjj-work not Tjetng--sttfrwirnt foM h4r
protection. The same remark is appli
cable in a certain extent, to the cities, easi
i ward of the foi tner ; and as to the conc'i
tion of the ivhole country southward ol
the latter, the events which marked the
"nmt picium iwvim iv icj'ilt& VtrvM r
armies and Navy iinalizcd.tliemsdvts
in cvrry quarter where thev Ijadtalion
gallantly to meet llie foe, and the miliiiii
otisrn, arid loiint with a bravery, which
mrnt and (' oun.try, nod which did them
.lhc .highe&t honor. In whatever direc
tion the enemy chose to mbve"itJi his
srpmdrons to land- his troops, our fovti
licution, where any existed, . presented
but little obstacle to thpm. Thev passed
those ?wofks withnut' diHinilty.- Their
squadrons, in fact, annoyrd our whole
at.U to seen !k l.i the ntlJ while the qu( otMr powr, Infa l.iwti 'n.v U
dron remained lhen. .The epn at drawn, In aupport of our neural riht,
tending ll.U specie! of defence, with the it cnno be doubted that foil de!tnce
ipourAiifthinhabitanti.iDdlhe w.tte would be idrnnate to the rufpove ltn
of property, may be readily conceived, ded by it j nor can it b dcubud, that the
Jh occorrencei which preceded the knowledge that Men work eihted, wraifcl
war, and thott which attended it, were Irbrm t atrona; motive, with any power, ot
alike replete with useful Instruction atlto Invade' nor rljrbt, id thereby contri !
to our future policy. Tbote which mark bute eentidly t- prtnt war. There
the firt epoch, demontrat clearly, thai I ire, it I admitted, nmt entrances into
in the wars of other powers, we can rely our interior, wnich are of uch.ai ex
only on force for the protection of our tent, that it otiM be utterly impovsible
neutral right. Thote of the second de for any w.. however eittnive,or well
monttratc, with equal certainty, thai, in potted, to rimmMidthem. Of this last,
any war in which we may be engaged line Chetapeake !Uv,. which i n arm of
hereafter, with a strong naval power, the I the tea, rtt l gifio a an etamwe.
expense, watte, and other calamiiie a(-1 Out, in mf judanvnt, even thi Hiy may
tending; It, contiderin the fast estcnt of Ibe defended ar .inttanv Dower with whom
our marine frontier, cannot 'ail, unlet it v may be Involved h war a a third par
be defended by adequate fortifications and tv.ln the defence ef our neutral ritfhta.
a suitable naval force, to correspond with Hv erectintc ttrong w)rk at the mouth of
thove which were experienced in the late I Jama Itiver, on boh tide, near the
war. Cape, .a we are now dome, and at Old
The navy it the arm from which our I Point Comfort and tl Rip Rap, an l
goveri.mrnt will always derive mot aid conneeiinr those work t wether by chain
in support of otir neutral rights. I very I whenever the enemy's rotre appeared,
power engajrrn in wr, will know the purrn in the rear some Ufce thip and
strength of our naval force, the number ollweatii baiicrir, the paage tttt'c river
our ship of eirh class, their contrition, would be rendered iinpraclit.t.l. I he
and the promptitude with which we may guard would alto tend to p'oict the
brinj them into service, and will pay the I whole country bordering on the av, and
due consideration to that argument. Jus- rivers entering into it; as tie luzrd
tire will always have great weight in the would be too grrt for the enem, howe
rabinets of Lurope 5 but in long and des ver ttmng hit naval force, to acml the
trurlive wars, exiitenrie often occur oar, anrl leave tin h a naval fotrr jthind :
hicb press o titelly on them, that, un I since, in the event of a torn. thercbv
et the ark'ijmenf of fore is brought to I hit vessels might be teparard. or of a
it aid, it will le disregarded. Our land calm, the ship and steam liM'tin, le-
orre wila!av perform their duty in hind the work, might rush firth and dc
the event of war ; bet they mutt perform troy them. It could onlv bejn tiie event
it on the I tic. Our navy is the arm which of an invasion by a great powr. or a coin
must be principally relied on for the an- bination of several powers, at! jnd .
noysncr of the romm,crce of the enemyijwiH at by nival forces, thatp r orkt
nd for the protection, with the land for- could be carried; and, even il'n, they
res, for the defence of the country. Ca- could not fail to retard the iovt ment of
p tble of moving in any and every direc- the enemy into the country, aid i;ive time
ion, it possesses the faculty, even when for the collection of our rejular troops,
remote from the coast, of extending its militia, and volunteers, to thjt point, and
aid to every interest on which the sccuri thereby contribute 'essentialll to his ulti
ty and welfare of the Union depend. An mate defeat and expulsion frm our ter-
noying the commerce of the enemy, and ritory.
menacing, in turn, ia cou, provided the Under strong impression, tbat aPeace
force on each sido it nearly rnn dlv b Establishment of our-Navv is connected
anred, it will draw its squdtons fiom with the possible cum of war, and that
our own ; and, in case of invasion from a the ntval force intrnded for either state.
powerful adveisary, by aland and naval however small it may be, is connected
force, which is always to be anticipated, with the general system of public defence,
and ought to be provided againt. our na I have thought it proper, in communica
tin this report, to submit these remarks
on the whole subject
vv may, by like co-operation with our
land forces, render essential aid in pro
tecting our interior from incursion and
depredation.
I wo great objects are therefore to be
regarded in the eitahlisKment of an ade
quite naval lorce : the first to prevent
war, so far as may be practicable ; the se
rond, to diniitiisli its calamities, when it
JAMES MONROE.
Wathingttn, January 30, 1824.
GENERAL JACKSON.
We have heretofore mrtired thr presentation
Genrml J ark ton, bv Col. Mererr, of the
may be ineviuible. Hence the subject of;,. , ,- . . . , i . u r
, at , . , " . , 111 lor.nwoail r j U'll wc HIU U'll, wc Dfiin fV
rt as I a s a HatrAmatft liLlacn ..latJ u ronmtAl mi A i tL I
... . , f . .piihlh Iho juMrett of Tol. Mercer, on the
nil Us pHi!J in wir and fjcc for the land : 1 . , , :
i . v . '.i u j , c-ion, and the (encnri answer nop,
trvs l t w at am r rvALayi'nniainl k. ' I Kaw tie . I
in t he caute of Liberty, Inspired, La I'a f
TTf embarkad in our service, and, by
the aide of Wniotom, contriided for
the liberty we enjoy, .These considera
tion, combined, give to the present you
-'f n " Mitrry. aml a value, ealeula
ted to eidte the waim f,nnf( r m
nature. I acrtpt it, Sir, and shall, while
I live, retain it with the ercatett tatitfac
ilon. TTiaTinbould be presented on thi
day, too, Inspire me with additional feel
log. It wa a day, when I, the hurr.ble
instrument i of tupenntendinir Piovi
dence, w enabled, through the valor and
umnett of the brave yeomanry of my
ccjntry, to ward oft" a blow which might,
if successful, have greatly endangered oor
peaie, protperity, and happiness. To
those brave and suffering men, mine and
the thanks of our country, are due. I
pnr you accept my thanks, and tender
then, if you please, to your friend.
I he subjoined it the letter of Mr.
Maaivioa, with the Answer of General
JacxtoM.i
udlkt, y. law. I, 1834.
Smt Repleaded to accept the pistols
which were presented by the Marquis
l.sravr.TTx to General Gkokok Wash
iNoroH, and worn by him in the service
of hit country. It fell to my lotto be
come, at one of the legatee of General
Vmiwctow. the proprietor A thi. in
teresting property, and I cannot better
ditpose of it, than by transferring it to the
successor of vV'ashikotom, in the Mili
tary character of America.
U'i'h prtf'"-' tesj ert, I have the honor
to be your fellow citizen in I most obedi
ent servant. wi roriksom.
To Gen. Jit Ian, Withiiiglon.
w a tn SOTO. a. 8, 182 I.
Sir : The pistol, which you luve ten
derul me. thiough (ol, Mirckii. have
liern this diy rreived, and I l.c you to
Mtrrpt, in rr'mn. my siniere thanks
You could luve ofTrred me nothing more
acceptable. As instruments which, in
the Imtfls of the Father of his country,
and nl him who wat his bosom associate,
contributed to the estublishmrnt of the
independence we enjoy, they derive ad
ditional value, and im rit to be considered
sacred and holy relics. I shall keep
them, sir, feelingly impressed with a re
membraiice of their peculiar histdry, and
of the kindness of yourself expressed to
wards nir, in their presentation.
With sincere respect, I am, sir, your
most obedient servant. ,
ANUHF.W JACKSOX.
AS' act wrurinf ti the Widow of Intrytatrf
the s-inilnt u( the prraoful r.t of thrir At.
rcBBP.1 irM wlirre kindred claim the
. a'ie. .
tit (I rmrtftl ii thf (Irntrtl Attrmfity rj
th? Stall ,Srh Cwohin, unit it it l.trf
i .... I . m i m
thai ffir 'nitn of thi ;i'ki .I.hIi lia
Intestate, leavintj a widow and no kindred '
that are known to exist, the widow may
at the expiration of three year from lite
grant of administration on the estate tC
her husband, fil her petition h the Su
perior Court of Ijiw of the rouniy In
which administration wa granted, against
the administrator of her husband, stating
the fact of the rir, that there are no
persons of kindred to her knowledge, and
PriK that the surplus of said estate, af
ter debt and charge paid, may be ad
judged to her, which petition shall bo
lorn or affirmed to by said widow, and
copie-thereof shall be served upon tho
administrator, a in other cases of peti
tion ani the same proceeding thrill bo
thereupon had at in other case r.f peti
tion. The f'ourt shall order notice of
the Cling of the t tid petition, of the fact
therein stated, and of the prayer thereof,
to lie published in some newspaper prin
ted at the seat of government of thi
State, for at least fnr months; and if at
the next term f s dd Court, no claimant
shall ajjpenr, a jury shall !jc tropntir-'lled
to enquire whether there be i'ny known
kindred of the said intestate : and if -aid
jury, after hearing the pcti'ion and an
swer and su h ti-stiiuony as may b of
fered, shall find that there was not any
known kindred ol said intrs'atc living tt "
his or herd-rfase, the Court siall ad
judge and decree, that the iidministrator
account with the widow for the whole
ttnd at sea. No government will be dis
nosed in its wars with other powers, to
violate our rights -if u knows we have the
means, are prepared, and resolved to d
fend them. The motive will aUo be
diminished, if it knows that our defences
hv land are so w ell planned and exeru'ed.
thuran invasion of ymr coasftcmnot-br
productive of the evilv to yfhidi we havr
heretofore been exposed.
It was under a thorough conviction of
these truths, derived from the dmoni
tions of the late war, that Congress, us
c.iily as the vear 1816, during the term
of my enlightened and virtuous prede
cessor, under whom the war had been ic
dared, prosecuted and terminated, c'iges
ted, and made provision for the defence
orpur" counTry its rights
in peace as well in war, bv acts, wlilch'
authorized and enjoined the augmentation
of bur Navy to a prescribed limit, and the
construction of suitable fortifications thro'
out the whole extent of our maiitime
frontier, and wherever else they might
he-deemed necessary. It is to the exe-
cution of these works both land and naval,
and under a thorough conviction, that by
hastening their completion, I should ren-
er the best service to my country, and
give the best support to our free repub-
a.l,m of trovf rrvmf nt that HIV hum
ble faculties would admit of, Un I ha
devoted so muc h of my time and labor to
thisreat system of national policy, since
came into this office, and shall continue
) do I!, until my rttncmttu froo U, at
The .great object, in the event of war,
is to stop the enemv at the coast. If this
is done,ur cities and wbole interior, wiil
bp ecure. For the accomplishment of
this object, our foitific ations muit be
principally relifd on." ' I5v placing strong
.works near. the mouths of our great in
let', in sill h nniitifini a in i-nmmxnrl the
ccastj not of the sea, but every bay, onrl entrances into them, as. may , be done in
the
letter of Mr. Rnbinaon, ami the General's reply.
W e now g-ive place to them, as we arc solicitous
that every thing which intimately concerns the
achiever of our liberties as well as the fireirrt'-
rr of them, should be extensively known, and
remembered. 2.V. Ileal. Cur,
On presenting the piatols, Col. Mtrccr ad
dressed Gen. Jackson as follows. -
General: Allow me to fulfil the re
quest jbf a friend and constituent, Mr.
William Robinson, of Sudley, one of the
le gaiees of General George U'uMnglon,
bv delivering to you the arms that fir wore.
durinir many of the vicissitudes of that
Revolution, which conducted hint to the
summit of renown, and our country to
Independence.
- I hey were .the gift of his distinguished
pupit, -Lafayette and associate the name
of the steadiest friend. of. Liberty in tnc
Old, with the' rhemory of her most dis
tinguished champion in the New v or Id .
Another interest will be imparted to
these, arms. In becoming yours, on this
TTaTTlberyrecirttnert-trT
memorials of the mou brilliant and extra
ordinary achievement in the military an
nals of this eventful age.
To which General Jackow replied :
Colonel t prrtrnt tendered tn mi,
iiic it-quest of your friend, Mr. Rom
sos, is most acceptible. No tnan 'living
entertains a higher vcnera.ioi for the
.?Mr.-?-y-rt-Ve,- nd tliinteresied
patriotism o f the F.a t fie r of America n
taoeftjr ban I rdtf p&S
sure you, could be. more acceptable' twe,;
or better . prized, tha"n that wjiich once
was his.- -But it possesses additional val
ue : it was the gift of Ia FATBtTB to Our
illustrious Chieftain rfrnsin whin lives,- as
he merit to live, in jhe henrts and afTec
tions of the people of. this country.-
AVithout motive, and without any consid
eration, save what a generous sou!, fired
LAWS OF XORTII-CAROLIXA.
AN AC I' to amend the Law making provision
for Widow a.
He it enacted by thr General Attemblu of
th State nA'jrri Carnhr.a, and it it here
by enacted by the authority of the tame,
I hat in addition to the provision for the
year's support of the Widows and family
of persons ding intestate, already made
hy law, the Widow of every person dying
intestate, shnll be entitled to retain in her
possession, one bed and its neoessary fur
niture, and all the bed clothing of domes
tic manufacture, all the kitchen furniture,
and also the loom, bureau, wheel and
cards, ol the goods and chattels ol the de
ceased husband, which shall be her abso
iu'c property, and shall be exempted from
til rldms, litl.er of the administrator of
of the creditor i)f said intestate.
II. fie it further enacted, That the
Widow of any person deceased, who shall
leiive a last will, may, at the same Court
t which said will sbull be proved, file in
said Court a release of all claim to any
legacy or share of the peisonal property
of her husband under his will ; and the
s.ki widow shall then be entitled to the
same support for herself and family, for
one year, js she would have been en'i'led
tn, bad her husband dii?d intestate, to be
laid oIT and allotted under the rules and
proceeding prescribed in cases of peti
tion of wido vs of persons dying intestate;
and also tonne bed and its necessary fur
niture, all the bed clothing of family do
mestic nuanufacturc.all the kitchen fur
niture, and iUothe loom, together with
die bureau, the wheel and cards, if these
at tic Its be among the goads and CliaTTSlsf51
surplus personal property in the hands of
s.dd adr:iirii.tr::rr, utter paying lrbts and'
charge f 'lnn'isiraiion And such ac
count thai! t-e taken at account are taken
in other rase ol pc ti'im in said Court for
(lislrihuiive thstf s of intestate estate,
and judgment -aji -II be rendered iigiinst
s i I a(lmini(iat'r (or the iil surplus.
I'r'.v dfd ai-Td. That it shall be lawful
at any time, pending said petition, (or any
person claiming to be of kin to the intes
tate, to apply to s id Court bv petition, to
authorize him !o be madr defendant o
said pe'ition., and to contest the facts sta
ted in the pc titi m.
II. lie it further enacted, That when
the said court shall adjudge the s;id sur
plus to be paid to the sa'd widow, she, or
som person for her, in addition to the re
funding bond required of distributes,
shall enter into bond in doohle the sum
to recovered, with twr cood securi'irt,
with condition that said widow sh ill re
fund to the next of kin to her deceased
husband, the said surplus of said estate,
provided thev may make claim thereof
within seven years after such judgment, '
or within the period hereinafter allowed
for the claim of such of said km lied as
mav be within the disabilities hereinafter
provided for. Provided, That nothing
herein contained, shall affect the right of
such next of kin as at the dale of said
bond mav be infants, non comii mentit,
or beyond seas, who may sue on s..id bond
within three years next after such disa
bility removed.
of the deceased ; and if the suid articles,
or any of them, shall have been sold, the
widow shall be entitled to the value of rhc
articles thus sold, to be assessed by the
rnmmikicnr appointed to by ofl" the
year's support, which said prov.sion shall
be her nbsolute property, and shall be ex
empt from all claims, either of the cxecu
tor or crrrinorsjif said testator.
file iieTpol'
for the articles allowed her by this net.
and the same aball be-granted, it sbull
not be lawful to tax any costs against such
petitioner, unless the (Court shall b! of
opinion that the value ofstri year's sup
pOrt, together witb that of the articles al
lowed by this act, exceed the sum of two
hundred and fifty dollar s v
WASHINGTON IKYING,
Now at. Paris, is s.dd to tie engaged on
several important works, which would pre
vent his visiting his native country for a
length of time, lie entertains the war
mest recollections of his friends on thi
side of the Atlantic, and it gives him ex
treme delight when he metis with any of
his countrymen, who can convetse with
him on the scenes of his native land. We
Icam from the same gentleman, that no
man is more respected, nor has a higher
reputation, in F.urope, than M . Irving.
All parties set a grc:-t value on his fr iend
ship, ..and are strongly attached to him by
his. amiable and gentlemanly deportment.
The productions of his'pon arc most warm
ly received in Grett Hri ain; and tho
taunting question, " who reads an Ameri
can book," is no longer repeated. The
London Times, speaking of his ' Salma-
ays : " Cinder the quaint and
someWhat vu.gar title of ' S ilmagundi,
the British public is now presented with
m my of the golden thoughts which (low
from the rle;pnt pen of Mr. Washington
Irving. The happiest efforts of our .own
happiest writers, we believe, do not excel -
the productions of This transatlantic clas
sic In the choice of his subject, whether
humotous or pathetic, he possesses tha
w.os exquLvUe, taste pf5,nyjbprj,n''
jge or nation that w c know ."A. T. Pat.
MIXISTKK TO MF.XICO.
. The President of the United States ha
nominated. Niman Fdwards, Fsq. a
iru-nincr of llie. U. S. senate, as minister
m Mexico. We presume that the Pres
ident's nouv'mation will be confirmed by
the Seni.te.Tf,. ti.
'- Frar.k lin Gazelle.